Xia Zhou Assistant Professor of Computer Science Dartmouth College 6211 Sudikoff Laboratory Hanover, NH 03755-3510 xia@cs.dartmouth.edu Tel: (603) 646-8871 http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~xia Education University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA June 2013 Ph.D., Computer Science Advisor: Prof. Haitao (Heather) Zheng Peking University, Beijing, China June 2007 Master of Science, Computer Science Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China June 2004 Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Technology Appointments Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Assistant Professor of Computer Science Co-director of the Dartmouth Networking and Ubiquitous Systems (DartNets) Laboratory July 2013 - Present UCSB LINK Laboratory, Santa Barbara, CA September 2007 June 2013 Research Assistant Worked with Prof. Haitao (Heather) Zheng on dynamic spectrum distributions, wireless networking systems and measurements, and wireless data centers. Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA June 2011 September 2011 Research Intern, Mobile Computing and Research Center Worked with Dr. Ranveer Chandra on designing energy-efficient techniques for Wi-Fi connectivity. Performed detailed power measurements, and built an emulator to validate the system design. Technicolor Paris Research & Innovation Center, Paris, France June 2010 September 2010 Research Intern Collaborated with Dr. Stratis Ioannidis and Dr. Laurent Massoulié to study content sharing across multiple BitTorrent swarms. Analyzed the stability and optimality properties, and designed content exchange algorithm to yield the optimal state. Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China March 2006 October 2006 Research Intern, Wireless and Networking Group Designed CORA, Correlation-based Rate Adaptation, for the 802.11n networks. Developed a physical layer MIMO simulator and NS2 simulator to evaluate CORA. Awards NSF CAREER Award (2016) Best Video Award, MobiCom (2015) Honorable Mention Award, UbiComp (2015) 1
Hot Paper Award, HotWireless (2015) Best Demo Award, MobiSys (2015) Best Paper Award, VLCS (2014) Best Paper Nominee Award, UbiComp (2014) Google Faculty Research Award (2014) Best Practical Paper Award, SIGMETRICS (2013) Outstanding Dissertation Award in Computer Science, UCSB (2013) Outstanding Publication Award in Computer Science, UCSB (2012, 2009) Best Elevator Pitch Award in S3 Workshop, MobiHoc (2010) Best Paper Award Finalist, MobiCom (2008) US Anita Borg Scholarship Finalist (2009) Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Scholarship (2009) Chancellor s Fellowship, UCSB (2011, 2009, 2007) Publications [1] Tianxing Li, Qiang Liu, and Xia Zhou. Practical Human Sensing in the Light. ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), 2016. [2] Zhao Tian, Kevin Wright, and Xia Zhou. Lighting Up the Internet of Things with DarkVLC. The Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile), 2016. [3] Sophia Haim, Rui Wang, Lorie Loeb, Xia Zhou, and Andrew T. Campbell. The Mobile Photographic Stress Meter (MPSM): A New Way to Measure Stress Using Images. The International Workshop on Mobile Systems for Computational Social Science (MCSS), 2015. [4] Rui Wang, Xia Zhou, and Andrew T. Campbell. Using Opportunistic Face Logging from Smartphone to Infer Mental Health: Challenges and Future Directions. The International Workshop on Mobile Systems for Computational Social Science (MCSS), 2015. [5] Justin Chan, Changxi Zheng, and Xia Zhou. 3D Printing Your Wireless Coverage. ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Wireless (HotWireless), 2015. Hot Paper Award. [6] Tianxing Li, Chuankai An, Zhao Tian, Andrew T. Campbell, and Xia Zhou. Human Sensing Using Visible Light Communication. ACM Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), 2015. Best Video Award. [7] Chuankai An, Tianxing Li, Zhao Tian, Andrew T. Campbell, and Xia Zhou. Visible Light Knows Who You Are. ACM Workshop on Visible Light Communication Systems (VLCS), 2015. [8] Tianxing Li, Chuankai An, Ranveer Chandra, Andrew T. Campbell, and Xia Zhou. Low-Power Pervasive Wi-Fi Connectivity Using WiScan. ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2015. [9] Rui Wang, Peilin Hao, Gabriella Harari, Xia Zhou, and Andrew T. Campbell. SmartGPA: How Smartphones Can Assess and Predict Academic Performance of College Students. ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2015. Honorable Mention Award. [10] Tianxing Li, Chuankai An, Xinran Xiao, Andrew T. Campbell, and Xia Zhou. Real-Time Screen-Camera Communication Behind Any Scene. ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys), 2015. Best Demo Award. 2
[11] Ana Nika, Yibo Zhu, Ning Ding, Abhilash Jindal, Y. Charlie Hu, Xia Zhou, Ben Y. Zhao and Haitao Zheng. Energy and Performance of Smartphone Radio Bundling in Outdoor Environments. The International World Wide Web Conference (WWW), 2015. [12] Rui Wang, Fanglin Chen, Zhenyu Chen, Tianxing Li, Gabriella Harari, Stefanie Tignor, Xia Zhou, Dror Ben-Zeev, and Andrew T. Campbell. StudentLife: Assessing Behavioral Trends, Mental Well-being and Academic Performance of College Students using Smartphones. ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp), 2014. Best Paper Nominee. [13] Xia Zhou and Andrew T. Campbell. Visible Light Networking and Sensing. ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Wireless (HotWireless), 2014. [14] Ana Nika, Zengbin Zhang, Xia Zhou, Ben Y. Zhao, and Haitao Zheng. Towards Commoditized Real-time Spectrum Monitoring. ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Wireless (HotWireless), 2014. [15] Tianxing Li, Chuankai An, Andrew T. Campbell, and Xia Zhou. HiLight: Hiding Bits in Pixel Translucency Changes. ACM Workshop on Visible Light Communication Systems (VLCS), 2014. Best Paper Award. [16] Yibo Zhu, Xia Zhou, Zengbin Zhang, Lin Zhou, Amin Vahdat, Ben Y. Zhao and Haitao Zheng. Cutting the Cord: a Robust Wireless Facilities Network for Data Centers. ACM Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), 2014. [17] Fanglin Chen, Rui Wang, Xia Zhou, and Andrew T. Campbell. My Smartphone Knows I am Hungry. ACM the 1 st workshop on Physical Analytics (WPA), 2014. [18] Xia Zhou, Zengbin Zhang, Gang Wang, Xiaoxiao Yu, Ben Y. Zhao, and Haitao Zheng. Practical Conflict Graphs in the Wild. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN), 2014. [19] Xia Zhou, Zengbin Zhang, Gang Wang, Xiaoxiao Yu, Ben Y. Zhao, and Haitao Zheng. Practical Conflict Graphs for Dynamic Spectrum Distribution. ACM Annual Conference of Special Interest Group on Performance Evaluation (SIGMETRICS), 2013. Best Practical Paper Award. [20] Xia Zhou, Zengbin Zhang, Yibo Zhu, Yubo Li, Saipriya Kumar, Amin Vahdat, Ben Y. Zhao, and Haitao Zheng. Mirror Mirror on the Ceiling: Flexible Wireless Links for Data Centers. ACM Annual Conference of the Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM), 2012. [21] Weile Zhang, Xia Zhou, Lei Yang, Zengbin Zhang, Ben Y. Zhao, and Haitao Zheng. 3D Beamforming for Wireless Data Centers. ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets), 2011. [22] Zengbin Zhang, Xia Zhou, Weile Zhang, Yuanyang Zhang, Gang Wang, Ben Y. Zhao, and Haitao Zheng. I Am the Antenna: Accurate Outdoor AP Location using Smartphones. ACM Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), 2011. [23] Xia Zhou, Stratis Ioannidis, and Laurent Massoulié. On the Stability and Optimality of Universal Swarms. ACM Annual Conference of Special Interest Group on Performance Evaluation (SIGMETRICS), 2011. [24] Lara Deek, Xia Zhou, Kevin Almeroth, and Haitao Zheng. To Preempt or Not: Tackling Bid and Timebased Cheating in Online Spectrum Auctions. IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2011. [25] Xia Zhou and Haitao Zheng. Breaking Bidder Collusion in Large-Scale Spectrum Auctions. ACM Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), 2010. 3
[26] Lili Cao, Lei Yang, Xia Zhou, Zengbin Zhang, and Haitao Zheng. Optimus: SINR-Driven Spectrum Distribution via Constraint Transformation. IEEE Symposium on New Frontier in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), 2010. [27] Xia Zhou, Heather Zheng, Maziar Nekovee, and Milind M. Buddhikot. Auction-based Spectrum Markets in Cognitive Radio Networks. Book chapter in Cognitive Radio Communications and Networks, Academic Press, 2009. [28] Xia Zhou and Haitao Zheng. TRUST: A General Framework for Truthful Double Spectrum Auctions. IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2009. [29] Xia Zhou, Sorabh Gandhi, Subhash Suri, and Haitao Zheng. ebay in the Sky: Strategy-Proof Wireless Spectrum Auctions. ACM Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom), 2008. Best Paper Award Finalist. [30] Xia Zhou, Shravan Mettu, Heather Zheng, and Elizabeth M. Belding. Traffic-Driven Dynamic Spectrum Auctions. IEEE Workshop on Networking Technologies for Software Defined Radio Networks (WSDR), 2008. [31] Xia Zhou, Jun Zhao, and Guanghua Yang. Correlation based Rate Adaptation via Insights from Incomplete Observations in 802.11 Networks. IEEE Conference on Communications (ICC), 2007. [32] Zhen Cao, Xia Zhou, Maoxing Xu, Zhong Chen, Jianbin Hu and Liyong Tang. Enhancing Base Station Security against DoS Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Conference on Wireless Communications Networking and Mobile Computing (WiCOM), 2006. [33] Zhen Cao, Jianbin Hu, Zhong Chen, Maoxing Xu, and Xia Zhou. Feedback: Towards Dynamic Behavior and Secure Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Application (AINA), 2006. Professional Activities Technical Program Committees: ACM MobiSys 2016 ACM MobiCom 2016, 2015 ACM SIGMETRICS 2016, 2014 ACM Workshop on Wearable Systems and Applications (WearSys) 2016 ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation and Characterization 2016 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) 2016 ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Wireless (HotWireless) 2016, 2015, 2014 ACM Workshop on Visible Light Communication Systems (VLCS) 2015 ACM SIGCOMM Poster/Demo/SRC Session 2014 ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on All Things Celluar 2014 IEEE CNS 2014 ACM MobiHoc 2014 IEEE SECON 2014 ACM MobiCom Demos 2013 PERFORMANCE Posters 2013 Conference Organization: Co-Chair of ACM Workshop on Physical Analytics (WPA) 2016 Co-Chair of ACM Workshop on Visible Light Communication Systems (VLCS) 2016 Demo/Poster/Video Co-Chair of ACM MobiSys 2016 Publicity Chair of ACM HotWireless 2015 Publicity Co-Chair of ACM MobiCom 2015 4
Workshop Co-Chair of ACM MobiSys 2015, 2014 Publicity Chair of ACM HotMobile 2015 Selected Press [1] Smart Light Captures Body in Motion. Biophotonics, October, 2015. http://www.photonics.com/article.aspx?aid=57820 [2] Smart light lets you control your environment. Gizmag, August 19, 2015. http://www.gizmag.com/smartlight/38872/ [3] Team uses smart light, shadows to track human posture. Phys.ORG, August 11, 2015. http://phys.org/news/2015-08-team-smart-shadows-track-human.html [4] Researchers Test First 'Smart Spaces' Using Light to Send Data. Communications of the ACM, November 17, 2014. http://cacm.acm.org/news/180506-researchers-test-first-smart-spaces-using-light-to-senddata/fulltext [5] Dartmouth s Newest Networker Pursues Smartphone Stamina. April 4, 2014. Dartmouth Now. http://now.dartmouth.edu/2014/04/dartmouths-newest-networker-pursues-smartphone-stamina/ [6] Going wireless in the data center. ComputerWorld, May 7, 2012. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9226889/going_wireless_in_the_data_ Center [7] Bouncing Data. MIT Technology Review, February 21, 2012. http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39651 [8] A Wireless Road Around Data Traffic Jams. New York Times, January 14, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/business/a-wireless-way-around-data-center-traffic-jams.html [9] Bouncing signals off ceiling can rev up data centers. Phys.ORG, December 21, 2011. http://phys.org/news/2011-12-ceiling-rev-centers.html [10] Bouncing Data Would Speed Up Data Centers. MIT Technology Review, December 20, 2011. http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/39367/ [11] Speeding up the Internet by bouncing data off the ceiling. ExtremeTech, December 20, 2011. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/109765-speeding-up-the-internet-by- bouncing-data-off-the-ceiling [12] Forget Ethernet, researchers want data centers to go wireless. GigaOM, December 20, 2011. http://gigaom.com/cloud/forget-ethernet-researchers-want-data-centers-to-go-wireless 5